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Tape mode, 30 seconds. The classic ticker length.
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Tape mode, full minute. Longer reading rhythm.
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Untimed ticker tape -- type until you stop.
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Today's quote
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15
15-second test
Fastest warm-up. Stacked-line layout.
30
30-second test
The classic warm-up -- type as much as you can.
60
60-second test
A common benchmark length.
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Zen mode
Untimed. Stop when you stop.
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Time mode
Type freely, ends when the clock runs out.
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Horizontal ticker-tape that scrolls under a fixed caret.
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Untimed tape -- type freely with the horizontal scroll renderer.
10
Words: 10
Short fixed count -- sentence-length burst.
25
Words: 25
Default words mode.
50
Words: 50
Mid-length fixed count.
100
Words: 100
Long-form fixed count.
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Quote
Curated literary quotes, four length buckets.
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Custom text
Drop a file, paste a chapter, type through it.
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Adaptive mode
Words biased toward your weakest keys and bigrams.
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Lessons
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All lessons
500 progressive lessons, beginner to mastery.
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Lesson 1: home row
Start here. Eight keys, no surprises.
5
Lesson 5: top row
qwerty uiop -- the upward reaches.
10
Lesson 10: bottom row
zxcv bnm -- the trickiest row.
250
Lesson 250: midway
Picks up halfway through the curriculum.
500
Lesson 500: final
The end of the curriculum.
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Custom text
Practice on text you actually want to read.
Row + finger drills
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All drills
74 finger-row, key-cluster, and code drills.
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Home row
asdf jkl; -- the fundamentals.
T
Top row
qwerty uiop -- reach upward.
B
Bottom row
zxcv bnm -- the trickiest row.
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Left hand
Everything to the left of the index split.
R
Right hand
Everything to the right of the index split.
V
Vowels
a e i o u -- the carriers of every word.
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Punctuation
Brackets, quotes, slashes, em-dashes.
Specialty drills
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Numbers
Top-row digits, plain and mixed.
Np
Numpad rows
789 / 456 / 123 -- right-hand keypad.
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Numpad decimals
Currency and measurement style.
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Phone-number digit + dash patterns.
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Code: JS keywords
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Code: Python
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Code: Tailwind
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Q
Daily quote
Today's curated line.
C
Custom text
Drop a file, paste a chapter, type through it.
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All word lists
Browse every available list and its size.
1k
English 1k
Most common 1,000 English words.
5k
English 5k
Wider vocabulary spread.
10k
English 10k
Long-tail vocabulary.
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Advanced vocab
SAT/GRE-level words. Multi-syllable challenge.
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My missed words
Words you've struggled with this week.
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Scrabble trainer
2-7 letter Scrabble-handy words.
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Code: JavaScript
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Code: Python
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Code: Rust
fn, mut, impl, trait, Vec<T>.
SQL
Code: SQL
SELECT, JOIN, GROUP BY -- mostly uppercase.
$
Code: Bash
Shell commands, pipes, redirects.
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Countries
All 195 sovereign nations.
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Capitals
Capital cities of the world.
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Latin phrases
ad hoc, bona fide, ipso facto.
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Speed challenges
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Sprint
60 seconds. Hit 60 wpm at 95% accuracy.
M
Marathon
5 minutes at 50 wpm. Endurance test.
100
100 Words
100 common words at 70 wpm.
500
500 Words
Long-form endurance. 60 wpm to clear.
QC
Quote Chase
Race through three quotes at 65 wpm.
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Zen Master
Untimed marathon. Stop on your own terms.
Accuracy + specialty
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Pangram run
A sentence with every letter. Don't slip.
MC
Mountain climb
Words get harder as you climb.
{}
Code mode
Function, const, return. Symbols included.
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Punctuation gauntlet
Brackets, quotes, em-dashes, colons.
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Numbers gauntlet
Digits, decimals, mixed alphanumerics.
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All challenges
38 challenges total. Bests tracked locally.
Track + measure
PB
Personal bests
Your top WPM by mode + duration.
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Achievements
249 badges across 21 categories.
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Last 30 sessions plotted as a line chart.
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Streak
Daily-typing streak. Don't break the chain.
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Daily activity
GitHub-style contribution grid for your typing.
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Lesson trends
WPM line per lesson across attempts.
Games
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Catch the Word family
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All games
Every typing game in one place.
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Classic — falling words
Words fall, you type them. Three misses ends the round.
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Endless mode
Spawns forever, faster each catch. No miss cap.
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Word Shooter
Words drift sideways. Type to shoot them down.
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Asteroids
Words approach from all directions. Type before impact.
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Bomb Defuse
Single bomb, shrinking timer. Defuse to spawn a faster one.
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Tower Defense
Three lanes, base HP. Stop words before they reach you.
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Combo Sprint
Fast horizontal words. No miss cap. Chain for huge multipliers.
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Stroop Type
Words painted in mismatched colors. Type the literal word.
Race & combat
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Typing Race
Race a ghost AI to the finish. Pick your difficulty (40-100 WPM).
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Boss Battle
HP bar, damage per word, level up after each defeat.
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Hangman Speedrun
15-second puzzles. Type letters to solve before the noose closes.
Puzzle & memory
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Word Snake
Steer the snake by typing 'up' / 'down' / 'left' / 'right'.
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Story Mode
Public-domain passages, word by word. Live WPM through the read.
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Word Tetris
Letters drop in columns. Type words to clear them.
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Memory Type
Watch a sequence flash, reproduce by typing. Adds a word each round.
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Bigram Drill
60-second burst on short letter combos. Pure speed warm-up.
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High scores
Best score per game.
Insights
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Your data
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Stats dashboard
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Speed + accuracy painted onto your layout.
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Last 30 sessions, plotted.
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Mode bests
Personal bests broken out by mode and duration.
Detail reports
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Per-finger errors
Error rate vs avg key time, all 10 fingers.
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Character report
Sortable per-character breakdown.
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Lesson trends
WPM across attempts, one line per lesson.
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Missed words
Top 20 words you struggle with most.
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Slowest keys
Per-key average time -- find the bottleneck.
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Washington Square — Henry James
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Washington Square
by Henry James
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1. During a Portion of the First Half of the Present Century, and More
2. When the Child Was About Ten Years Old, He Invited His Sister, Mrs
3. As a Child She Had Promised to Be Tall, but When She Was Sixteen She
4. Mrs. Penniman, with More Buckles and Bangles Than Ever, Came, of Course
5. He Learned What He Had Asked Some Three or Four Days Later, After Morris
6. Mrs. Penniman Even Took for Granted at Times That Other People Had as
7. He Was, However, by No Means So Much in Earnest as This Might Seem to
8. If It Were True That She Was in Love, She Was Certainly Very Quiet About
9. It Was a Regular Custom with the Family in Washington Square to Go and
10. Catherine Received the Young Man the Next Day on the Ground She Had
11. Catherine Listened for Her Father When He Came in That Evening, and She
12. On the Morrow, in the Afternoon, He Stayed at Home, Awaiting Mr
13. It May Be Thought the Doctor Was Too Positive, and Mrs. Almond Intimated
14. He Wrote His Frank Letter to Mrs. Montgomery, Who Punctually Answered It
15. He Had Been Puzzled by the Way That Catherine Carried Herself; Her
16. They Had of Course Immediately Spoken of Catherine. "Did She Send Me a
17. Mrs. Penniman Told Catherine That Evening-The Two Ladies Were Sitting in
18. Catherine Sat Alone by the Parlour Fire-Sat There for More Than an Hour
19. It Was for Reasons Connected with This Determination That on the Morrow
20. On the Morrow, in the Afternoon, She Heard His Voice at the Door, and His
21. Dr. Sloper Very Soon Imparted His Conviction to Mrs. Almond, in the Same
22. He Had Slightly Misrepresented the Matter in Saying That Catherine Had
23. If Morris Townsend Was Not to Be Included in This Journey, No More Was
24. The Doctor, During the First Six Months He Was Abroad, Never Spoke to His
25. The Voyage Was Indeed Uncomfortable, and Catherine, on Arriving in New
26. If She Had Disturbed Her Niece's Temper-She Began From This Moment
27. The Doctor, of Course, on His Return, Had a Good Deal of Talk with His
28. The Letter Was a Word of Warning; It Informed Him That the Doctor Had
29. He Came Again, Without Managing the Last Parting; and Again and Again
30. It Was Almost Her Last Outbreak of Passive Grief; at Least, She Never
31. Though She Had Forced Herself to Be Calm, She Preferred Practising This
32. Our Story Has Hitherto Moved with Very Short Steps, but as It Approaches
33. Little by Little Dr. Sloper Had Retired From His Profession; He Visited
34. It Was Her Habit to Remain in Town Very Late in the Summer; She Preferred
35. Her Refreshed Attention to This Gentleman Had Not Those Limits of Which
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